FRENCH STROKE IN CHMPAGNE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 10, 7 October 1918, Page 5

FRENCH STROKE IN CHMPAGNE

IMPORTANT. ADVANTAGE GAINED HARD FIGHTING ON CAMBRAI ST. QUENTIN FRONT REPORTED OFFER 1 OF ARMISTICE [ _ -."■■■■ BY NEW CHANCELLOR IN THE REICHSTAG . The raoßfc interesting item of the ne<vs from the war zone to-day Is the brief lino in the High Commissioner's report stating, unoflV cially that Prince Maximilian of Baden, the new Chancellor, has raised in the Reiohstag the question of offering an' armistice.) The news.is not backed by subsequent tolegrams, and as it stands leaves a good deal to, the imagination. There is yet.no sign of a definite move on tho part of Turkey, although reports state that she is seeking to get ante touoh with the Allies on tho peace issue. •' Austria , has decided to offer an armistioe on land, sea arid in the air in terms of President Wilson's principles as stated in recent speeches. Meanwhile there is no relaxing of effort on the great battlefrorits in the West. The general situation in Flanderß and North France has not changed very materially, but in Champagne the Franco-Americali troops, with the element of surprise to assist them, have scored a, , most' important iadvantage, adraoing at ono part of the line a distance of five miles, and outflanking the massif of Moronvillers.